Work & commute · Kanabec

Work & commute in Kanabec, MN

Most working residents leave Kanabec for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mora (19%), Ann Lake (4%) and Cambridge (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 381 Kanabec residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kanabec.

381live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kanabec goes to work

Mora7.8 mi away

19%74

Ann Lake5.4 mi away

4%17

Cambridge24.4 mi away

3%13

St. Cloud42.3 mi away

3%13

Milaca12.7 mi away

2%9

Minneapolis63.8 mi away

2%9

Hinckley27.6 mi away

2%8

Pine City23.5 mi away

2%8

Princeton22.4 mi away

2%8

Maple Grove52.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%220

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Kanabec commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

19%

29%

23%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kanabec is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kanabec are

110 jobs are based in Kanabec. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kanabec’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kanabec

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Kanabec residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+34%

Jobs based in Kanabec, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 110. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.